To begin the process of designing our final project, we conducted research in the domain of lighting to get a better understanding of the context that we were going to be designing in. We were assigned an era through a lottery – we received the 1950’s-2000’s.

Through our research we found many similar patterns in the design of lamps in this era. A lot of the materials, interactions, technologies, and aesthetic properties from this era have carried through to the present day – and are visible in lamps that we encounter in our day to day lives.

Some interesting features that stood out to us were the inventions of new interactions, such as dimmers and capacitive touch sensors. This inspired us to focus heavily on creating a unique interaction for our own design in the weeks to come.